The number one priority for the French, purchasing power remains a campaign argument to convince voters. Spark of the Yellow Vest movement, Energy tariffs and pump prices are taken up by party leaders which, in their respective programs, propose measures to preserve the wallets of the French.
At the New Popular Front, price ceilings at the pump
This is an extremely concrete measure that the Union of Lefts is proposing in terms of gasoline prices. New Front wants to freeze pump prices. 1.60 euros? 2 euros? No details have yet been provided by the left. On the other hand, this first emergency measure aims to fight “against excessive price increases or decreases” for a maximum period of six months. A measure that will prove ineffective in the short term if it is not accompanied by a concrete energy pricing policy, according to some economists.
This is why the desire for a “great law for purchasing power“. According to the New Popular Front, it is planned to abolish “the Macron tax of 10% on energy bills”. Still on energy matters, the alliance of the left also plans to cancel the “scheduled increase in the price of gas on July 1”.
